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Bowling Strip: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Elk Coal Inc · Surface

Controlled by Cline John L

Wellston, Jackson County, OH · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3303955

Bowling Strip has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 1984–1990
Latest incident: Jun 1990

Ownership history

Elk Coal Inc 1983 to present

Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Workforce and production

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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.

Year	Employees	Coal produced (tons)
1992	7	13,890
1991	9	48,494
1990	10	56,092
1989	9	59,894
1988	10	53,733
1987	12	67,735
1986	12	61,614
1985	10	49,997
1984	14	73,232
1983	12	16,670

Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Local economic context

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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.

Jackson County, Ohio · Population 32,588

0.6%

Mining share of county employment

$58,409

Median household income

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1990 · 1 incident

June 11, 1990 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Elk Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

DURING ASSEMBLING OF DOZER BLADE PUSH ARM FELL ON LEFT LEG LEFT LEG WAS BROKEN

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1984 · 1 incident

March 17, 1984 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Elk Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEES REPAIRED TIRE PUT IN SAFETY CAGE & AIRED UP THEN TRANSFERRED TIRE TO VEHICLE WHILE LIFTING TIRE BY EMPLOYEES WITH BACK TO TIRE INSIDE RING BLEW OFF CAUSING BRUISES ON BACK OF EMPLOYE E HE WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL BY EMERGENCY SQUAD

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Bowling Strip sits in Jackson County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.6% of county employment.

Reportable incidents

1990 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident

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